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Melissa Murphy

Position

Barrister specialising in planning and real estate matters. She has extensive experience of providing advice and representation in relation to planning appeals, compulsory purchase and compensation and related public law challenges. She offers realistic and commercial advice to both public and private sector clients in order to provide solutions to legal problems concerning land.

Member

Member of the Planning and Environmental Bar Association, the Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association, the Compulsory Purchase Association adn the National Infrastructure Planning Association.

European Court of Human Rights finds that UK government breached the right to privacy of virtually all UK citizens due to government mass surveillance systems which intercepted tremendous amounts of data via citizensâ€™ communications.

It is possible for a commercial agency agreement to be extraordinarily terminated for good cause if the relationship of trust between the parties has broken down. That was the verdict of the Oberlandesgericht (OLG) MÃ¼nchen, the Higher Regional Court of Munich.

The Abu Dhabi Global Market (the ADGM ) recently announced the launch of a commercial license
specifically catered towards tech start-ups that allows entrepreneurs to obtain
an operational license in the ADGM and access to a Professional Services
Support Program aimed at allowing entrepreneurs entry to a community of
businesses, financial services and professional advisors.Â Â Read more...

Given the corporate environment's ever-changing nature and business needs and the importance ofÂ data protection at the EU level, the topic of due diligence in M&A and financial transactions warrantsÂ examination. The disclosure, transfer and processing of data raises concerns at several stages of theÂ due diligence process during a transaction and undoubtedly makes things more complicated.